Saturday, July 18, 2009

100 Greatest Movie Characters: 89

"Will somebody get this big walking carpet out of my way?"

89. Princess Leia Organa
Star Wars

Part 1 in a series of Star Wars characters

Like most damsels in distress, Leia is a simpering, nearly useless wuss who's only along for the ride so she can get back home. Oh, wait. Nevermind. Leia is actually as gutsy and badass as her future love interest, Han Solo.

Oh, and did I mention that she's handy with a blaster? Because she's a better marksman than her brother and probably her mom, too. Leia looks at other captured princesses and spits at their feet (I'm looking at you, Princess Peach). Then she'll punch them in the face. All the while never messing up a strand of her infamous hairstyle.

Defining moment: Choking Jabba the Hutt to death with her own slave chains in "Return of the Jedi." Also, for simultaneously giving a whole generation of nerds their first boners.

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